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The Phenomenon of Religion Moojan Momen

The Phenomenon of Religion By Moojan Momen

The Phenomenon of Religion by Moojan Momen


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From earliest civilizations to the modern world, this text is a complete study of the role of religion in human culture, exploring the phenomenon of religion from a thematic point of view by posing questions on the nature of religion.

The Phenomenon of Religion Summary

The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach by Moojan Momen

From earliest civilizations to the modern world, this text is a complete study of the role of religion in human culture. It does not offer a chapter-by-chapter presentation of the key practices and beliefs of the major religious traditions of the world, but rather explores the phenomenon of religion from a thematic point of view by posing questions on the nature of religion. Arranged into three main fields of enquiry - the religious experience, conceptual aspects of religion and religion in society - this study draws examples from all the major religious traditions, East and West, ancient and contemporary.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Understanding religion: the concept of religion; religion East and West - a general survey; theories of religion. Part 2 The religious experience and its expression: the phenomenon of religious experience; pathways to religious experience; faith, belief and conversion; towards a scientific understanding of religious experience. Part 3 Conceptual aspects of religion: the nature of reality; suffering, sacrifice and salvation; the promise of future saviour; archetype, mythand the sacred. Part 4 Religion in society: comparative religious history; religion and ethics; liberalism and fundamentalism; official religion and popular religion; religion, power and government; religion and gender; religion and art; religion in the modern world.

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GOR003122478
9781851681617
1851681612
The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach by Moojan Momen
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oneworld Publications
1999-04-01
288
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